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Japan PM quits

By AP News Fri, Aug 26, 2011 2:29PM UTC View Comments

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced Friday he was resigning after almost 15 months in office amid plunging approval ratings over his government’s handling of the tsunami disaster and nuclear crisis. In a nationally televised speech, Kan said he was stepping down as chief of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan, effectively ending...

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Japan set to replace PM Kan next week

By AP News Tue, Aug 23, 2011 9:27PM UTC View Comments

TOKYO (AP) — A former foreign minister announced his candidacy to lead Japan on Tuesday just hours after unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan said he would be out of the picture by early next week. Kan has been criticized for lacking leadership after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami and subsequent nuclear crisis, and survivors...

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Support for Japanese leader falls to new low

By AP News Mon, Aug 22, 2011 2:22AM UTC View Comments

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan. Pic: AP.

TOKYO (AP) — A new poll shows that Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s public approval rating has fallen to the lowest level since he took office last year. The survey by Kyodo News agency released Sunday found that 15.8 percent of respondents approve of the embattled leader’s Cabinet, down from about 17 percent a month...

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Japan’s lost year

By Asia Sentinel Tue, Jun 14, 2011 4:09PM UTC View Comments

Asia Sentinel’s Todd Crowell looks at Naoto Kan’s Annus Horribilis When Naoto Kan looks back on his year as prime minister of Japan – and it probably won’t be long before he is looking back on it – he would well use the term popularized by Britain’s Queen Elizabeth after a stressful 12 months and...

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Japan PM Naoto Kan survives no-confidence motion

By AP News Thu, Jun 02, 2011 3:58PM UTC View Comments

Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan reacts as he leaves the plenary session at the lower house, after surviving a no-confidence motion Thursday. Pic: AP.

TOKYO (AP) — Prime Minister Naoto Kan survived a no-confidence motion Thursday over his response to Japan’s massive tsunami and ensuing nuclear crisis, but said he is willing to resign once the country’s recovery takes hold. Kan won by a margin of 293-152 in the 480-seat lower house. The remaining members were absent or abstained...

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